The Arab Spring opened a window of opportunity for activists seeking to modernize Saudi Arabia. The rise of Islamic State has slammed it shut again, leaving little expectation of progress under a new monarch.

Retired Oak Ridge Police Chief David Beams, who served in that position from 1993 to 2011, has responded via phone and email to statements made earlier this week by City Manager Mark Watson — and published Tuesday in The Oak Ridger —...

The chances of dying in a crash in a late-model car or light truck fell by more than a third over three years, and nine car models had zero deaths per million registered vehicles, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.